350G

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Have / are any of you having an issue with the "crush" rings attached to the oil pan? Mine keep leaking . . .

If you are, how did you rectify (heh, rectify) it?

Gary

Sharif@Forged

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What crush rings? I check my oil pan frequently..no leaks.

350G

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Perhaps I used the wrong terminology, but its the word I hear used the most . . . . I'm referring to the silver area in this pic on the oil pan.

westpak

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I don't have any problems but I also have the modified stock pan and not the Greddy one.

Barzten1

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I have the Vortech and recently started leaking oil.

350G

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Yeah, this blows . . . I've had to use about a Quart of oil over the past month. Its hard to notice the leak since it drips onto the lower plastic cover. I presume it blows off while driving, but if I leave it in the garage for a week, its noticeable on the concrete.

etx

One return line (rubber hose) was a bit leaky, but I torqued it down. Other than that I don't see anywhere else it could leak. On the drain you should have a copper washer that seals the drain. If you reverse that ring when changing oil it could leak, your supposed to change it each time but if you put it on the right way it's usually fine.

The Greddy pan is just a stock pan fitted with two return lines.

westpak

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Not on the later kits, mine is but look at his pic above, that is the Greddy oil pan they are sending now.

350G

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I know its just the hoses leading to the oil pan . . . perhaps we should give it one last torque down.

etx

Oil is bound to leak from there, moreso when the oil is warm and thin. That is actually the lower oil pan, it's filled completely with oil so the oil from the turbos never really drains all the way out. Hot oil finds it's way through eventually. If you can't stop the leak drain the oil, remove the return lines, clean alllll the exces oil off the lines and oil pan and use some grey RTV inside the return lines to make them totally seal up. Let the rtv dry before you fill the oil and start the car. Be careful not to get any rtv in the oil!

350G

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Hmmm.... *gears turning* What's rtv?

redline tt

im just starting to have this problem....i notice;d ity when i smelled oil burning from hiting the cats and smoking up...im putting the car on lift tonight to check it out but it does look like its comming from the return line..not heavy but thin..

redline tt

well after looiking around there is no oil leak but i have a very small steering wheel leak...the hard line thats runs by the turbo on the pass side is smacking against the turbo which inturn coused the leak..ordered line its a few days out all lines are clean and everything else is in order.

etx

Oh really? I want one of those Oil pans!

350G

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Heh . . . went to have my tranny flushed and asked my tuner to double check the oil leak. To our surprise, the previous mechanic that worked on it (former employee--for obvious reasons now) torqued the banjo fitting too tight and it was barely staying in the oil pan. We could just hand untighten it a tad and removed the whole thing! Needless to say, I'm glad we figured it out and our boys @ Greddy are overnighting this piece. It's so nice to have a tuner that actually warrantees their work . . .

G